Post Poet Pop, Episode 21 features not 1 but 2 poets who reside at opposite ends of the US—Elizabeth Metzger and Timothy Donnelly. 

Elizabeth lives in LA and is the editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books and author of (her second book) Lying In—which we will focus on today—and has just been published by Milkweed Editions in 2023. Elizabeth writes, at the end of the poem, “Daughter As Myself,” Taste no taste./Pull a sheet over your tongue if you have to. Invent a tongue/for the carrot. This meal is purely/for passing through.”

Timothy Donnelly, Brooklyn resident, professor at Columbia University in Manhattan, and author of (his fourth book) Chariot—which we will focus on today—published by Wave Books this year, 2023. Timothy writes in the poem “Reality Hit Me”—So I hit back. Bare-knuckled, all my weight, across the ugly truth of it. Afterwards, a hand stings for decades in embarrassment. This impedes one’s growing closer to the feel of things as they are, making everyday merchandise hard to hold without a wince.”

Find out more about Elizabeth Metzger’s work, here, and learn about Timothy Donnelly’s work, here. 

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All poems are performed by Elizabeth Metzger and Timothy Donnelly. All poetry discussed are published in Lying In (Milkweed Editions by Elizabeth Metzger, 2023) and Chariot (Wave Books by Timothy Donnelly, 2023). The poems are the property of the authors themselves and the publisher(s) listed. The song played during the introduction is entitled “Sunday Afternoon” and is performed by The True Loves. Please support their work.

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